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which chazz not been the case since bush 41 and bring baker and guess what? you have a real chance at a conflict ending agreement but we don't these leaders today and i would argue that's one of the many reasons that we're stuck. >> rose: okay. john kerry is the new secretary of state. cares about the middle east? interested. has been as chairman of the foreign relations committee. has many contacts in the region, many trips in the region, its unlikely he would appoint an envoy. he wants to do it himself i would assume. does that make a difference? >> it seems to be the case. it's the secretary of state, he has a certain gravitas. but ultimately you're going to have to have a president who is committed to this issue and i'm not convinced that president obama see this is other as a loser issue for him at this point. >> rose: so finally, aaron, when they come back you don't think we'll have a greater understanding between the two leaders? >> i think you will. and particularly i think on iran. i think netanyahu will continue to give the president the time and sp
which chazz not been the case since bush 41 and bring baker and guess what? you have a real chance at a conflict ending agreement but we don't these leaders today and i would argue that's one of the many reasons that we're stuck. >> rose: okay. john kerry is the new secretary of state. cares about the middle east? interested. has been as chairman of the foreign relations committee. has many contacts in the region, many trips in the region, its unlikely he would appoint an envoy. he wants...
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it's a one-of-a-kind military tribunal designed by president bush, implemented by president obama, and inspired by president kafka. [laughter] see, reporters are not allowed in the courtroom. they have to watch the trial from behind soundproofed glass and hear the proceedings on a 40-second delay. and to protect national security, the judge or a security officer in the courtroom can hit a mute button which shuts off the audio to the reporters and indicates this by making a red light on the judge's bench spin. the red light also indicates that all dress shirts and men's slacks are 20% off. but on january 29th, the red light turned on and cut the audio, but-- and this is the fun part-- neither the judge, nor the security officer had done it, causing the livid and confused judge to say, quote "note for the record, that the 40-second delay was initiated not by me. if some external body is turning things off, if someone is turning the commissions off under their own view of what things ought to be, with no reason or explanation, then we are going to have a little meeting about who turns tha
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george bush tried unsuccessfully. every president has tried and all failed because of the participants. >> what has changed? the settlements continue, but it is no longer number one on president obama's agenda. >> the president has acknowledged the mistake early on, but let's be frank, the relationship has changed. netanyahu embraced, endorsed and basically campaigned for mitt romney, who did not carry florida, which was supposed to be the cornerstone of the campaign strategy. barack obama did get reelected and made a case that the two- state solution was imperative for israel's values, that we do not have people that will be stopped at every checkpoint and cannot move freely in their homeland. making an appeal to jewish values and traditions. i thought it was great. >> it is pushing on an open door. the israelis have offered peace. they offered peace in 1967, at camp david in 2000 and in 2008. the point is not the settlemen s , and that is the reason it is important what obama said. he essentially said it is not the
george bush tried unsuccessfully. every president has tried and all failed because of the participants. >> what has changed? the settlements continue, but it is no longer number one on president obama's agenda. >> the president has acknowledged the mistake early on, but let's be frank, the relationship has changed. netanyahu embraced, endorsed and basically campaigned for mitt romney, who did not carry florida, which was supposed to be the cornerstone of the campaign strategy....
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i believe that our guest today, governor jeb bush, understands this. and it's one of the reasons that after having left office just about six years ago he remains an extremely important national voice in the republican party. as we prepare to welcome the governor to the stage, let's first take stock in a handful of issues that we know were of vital portion to ronald reagan and square them up against the words and deeds of jeb bush on those same critical topics today. so what are the fundamental issues? well, with taxes we know ronald reagan spent much of his life trying to cut them for the average american. he was convinced that it was the man or woman on the street who knew how to spend their dollar more wisely than a distant federal government, and he did all in his power to prove it by cutting taxes. when governor jeb bush was in office, he cut taxes on floridians by $20 billion. let's talk about the size of government. when ronald reagan was in the white house, he dramatically reduced the ate rah of growth in federal spending and strove to reduce t
i believe that our guest today, governor jeb bush, understands this. and it's one of the reasons that after having left office just about six years ago he remains an extremely important national voice in the republican party. as we prepare to welcome the governor to the stage, let's first take stock in a handful of issues that we know were of vital portion to ronald reagan and square them up against the words and deeds of jeb bush on those same critical topics today. so what are the fundamental...
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bush and they got used to that and he now has an opportunity to go there, to explain to them that he's got their back, that he's been with them in their times of difficulties, whether it's at the u.n. or rockets from gaza or the iranian nuclear program, and that he's going to be with them in the future, and i think he'll use his oratorical magic and i think he'll have a powerful impact and that will be very helpful for an effort to restart the peace process after he leaves. tavis: you've said a couple of things that i want to pick apart. let me start with the notion that the president has a very low standing, a low approval rating amongst the israeli public. what has been the cause of that and has his -- i'm trying to find the right word here -- fractured or less than lovie dovie relationship with bibi netanyahu had anything to do with that standing? >> well, it's interesting you use the words "lovie dovie" because the president is not a lovie dovie kinda guy and that's part of the problem. israelis love to be loved. the rest is what have you done for me lately but they, you know they'
bush and they got used to that and he now has an opportunity to go there, to explain to them that he's got their back, that he's been with them in their times of difficulties, whether it's at the u.n. or rockets from gaza or the iranian nuclear program, and that he's going to be with them in the future, and i think he'll use his oratorical magic and i think he'll have a powerful impact and that will be very helpful for an effort to restart the peace process after he leaves. tavis: you've said a...
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you talk about bush trying to avenge his father. what about the tens of millions of arab sons who want to finish a fight we start next spring in bad dad? i think it's interesting this was your last column that you wrote that. what was the political temperature of the national conversation at that moment when you wrote that column? >> well, i was alone -- there were obviously other war critics like ted kennedy, but myself, i felt the country was rushing to war, and i was really embarrassed with my country, with a president of such limited ability, could talk us into a war a war that was totally against our history. the neurm brg trials were against people who launchled an aggressive war, and this was an aggressive war. i never heard of the united states making a case like that. they have weapons we don't like. all through this movie, it allows the realization, it wasn't about the wmd. that was all the sales pitch, like selling a new car, don't you see the hub caps, the antenna. it didn't matter if it was anthrax or the prague meeting
you talk about bush trying to avenge his father. what about the tens of millions of arab sons who want to finish a fight we start next spring in bad dad? i think it's interesting this was your last column that you wrote that. what was the political temperature of the national conversation at that moment when you wrote that column? >> well, i was alone -- there were obviously other war critics like ted kennedy, but myself, i felt the country was rushing to war, and i was really embarrassed...
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it's in the same town where that massive crater tragically swallowed 37-year-old jeff bush. he was in his bedroom last month when the floor suddenly gave way in his house. his body was never recovered. now in the one one the ground just gave way between two houses. thankfully not under each of one. the hole estimated to be about eight feet wide and ten feet deep. >> once we found out there was a sinkhole i went to go tell my dad because i knew someone might get hurt. >> skater and nervous because this is my house. >> as of right now, official there say the houses are not in danger but they have been evacuated just as a precaution. >>> in an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, kentucky senator rand paul is weighing in on the defense of marriage act. senator paul saying the issue of same-sex marriage should be decided by the states. the federal government, he says, could avoid it all together. listen. >> i don't want the government promoting something i don't believe in but i also don't mind if the government tries to be neutral on the issue. the tax code, i'm for a flat i
it's in the same town where that massive crater tragically swallowed 37-year-old jeff bush. he was in his bedroom last month when the floor suddenly gave way in his house. his body was never recovered. now in the one one the ground just gave way between two houses. thankfully not under each of one. the hole estimated to be about eight feet wide and ten feet deep. >> once we found out there was a sinkhole i went to go tell my dad because i knew someone might get hurt. >> skater and...
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we did not provide adequate security really until bush ordered the surge in 2007. when you do not have security in the post-conflict situation, you are going to have a real problem. you have simply got to provide security, and we did not do it at the outset, and i think that had an impact on everybody. >> you are in a position where i think you were called the vice whatever at -- sardonically, i think, at one point. >> i was going to say, not by me. >> you could talk to the military and political leadership in washington. when you said to them, "we need more security," what was the response? >> i said it even before i left to the president and secretary of state and secretary of defense. their view was that they would have enough troops there, that it would be relatively easier, and they still hoped that they were going to get massive amounts of other nations to come in. there was a limit to how much i could do as a civilian other than simply telling people that i thought we needed more troops, including the president. them and you have been critical of the militar
we did not provide adequate security really until bush ordered the surge in 2007. when you do not have security in the post-conflict situation, you are going to have a real problem. you have simply got to provide security, and we did not do it at the outset, and i think that had an impact on everybody. >> you are in a position where i think you were called the vice whatever at -- sardonically, i think, at one point. >> i was going to say, not by me. >> you could talk to the...
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and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the inspectors. this is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an access of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. >> you say that the speech marked sort of a point of no return as far as the war was concerned. >> i wouldn't say point of no return, but a real milestone. here's what i think in that speech really stands up to the light of history. back when president bush spoke those words in 2002, it was considered quite shocking and bizarre to think there might be cooperation between hamas and iran. back then the conventional
and, yet, president bush seems to have madethinking, yet president bush seems to have made up his mind some time earlier, probably very early, something we were talking about from the beginning of the bush administration, at the beginning of 2001. >> you were among the team that wrote -- helped write the speech, the 2002 bush state of the union address with this very, very memorable passage. listen. >> this is a regime that agreed to international inspections, then kicked out the...
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bush's presidency. >> paul: george, you mentioned jordan. is king abdullah, be the next arab ruler to fall in that region? and what would be the consequences, not just for israel, but for our own interests? >> it would be a disaster, we'd lose one of the last few moderates in the arab world and israel would lose along its longest border and-- >> how much trouble is the king in? i know there have beenprotests, price of energy and so on. >> he has a financial crisis and he's vocally opposed by the muslim brotherhood and no longer has the backing of the tribe, traditional-- >> he's flooded from refugees and as is lebanon. >> paul: a good indication of how our stepping back has created problems for everyone there. questions surrounding president obama's controversial pick to lead the labor department. did thomas perez work behind the scenes to prevent the supreme court from ruling on an important race discrimination case? well you can see if the hotel is pet friendly before you book it, and i got a great deal without bidding. and where's your fu
bush's presidency. >> paul: george, you mentioned jordan. is king abdullah, be the next arab ruler to fall in that region? and what would be the consequences, not just for israel, but for our own interests? >> it would be a disaster, we'd lose one of the last few moderates in the arab world and israel would lose along its longest border and-- >> how much trouble is the king in? i know there have beenprotests, price of energy and so on. >> he has a financial crisis and...
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when former american president george bush visited israel his trip was dubbed skies pope benedict the sixteenth was cloaked white road now it's a bomb as ten. we've called the visit then shakable alliance it is a sign of the extraordinary relations between israel and the united states so extraordinary that the prime minister's office invited the public to choose one of these designs as the trips official emblem but relations between the two leaders are strained and many believe the positive p.r. is nothing more than cave a spin there are policy differences on iran on the palestinian issue on the i think through the wards the rise of islamic forces in countries like egypt what you see from jerusalem nearby is not what you see from washington on it at a distance. all from the palestinian street for that matter. a bomber came just to beautify the ugly face that bush left the american government works the same whether the president is a bomber or bush the only difference is that one president smiles while the other does not. this is likely to be the scene for the next three days while a b
when former american president george bush visited israel his trip was dubbed skies pope benedict the sixteenth was cloaked white road now it's a bomb as ten. we've called the visit then shakable alliance it is a sign of the extraordinary relations between israel and the united states so extraordinary that the prime minister's office invited the public to choose one of these designs as the trips official emblem but relations between the two leaders are strained and many believe the positive...
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in 2004 the bush/cheney campaign built their campaign on putting ban same sex marriage on the ballot. you had santorum make outrageous comments about it. now you have a sitting u.s. senator embrace gay marriage. you've had a host republicans come out, so to speak, for it. over the years and i think you will see that grow. but chairman priebus put it into the autopsy report for the party. if the party will have a vibrant future, they're going to have to start to embrace lgbt issues. >> we're seeing a similar situation with gun control as well. 91% of florida voters support universal background checks. even 80% in gun owning households are in favor. today vice president biden and new york city mayor michael bloomberg talked about the background checks. take a listen. >> there's not one single thing being proposed. not one. not one, not one. that infringes upon anyone's second amendment constitutional right. not one. >> no doubt that requiring back ground checks for all guns sales saves lives and no doubt that the american people support it. the only question is whether congress will hav
in 2004 the bush/cheney campaign built their campaign on putting ban same sex marriage on the ballot. you had santorum make outrageous comments about it. now you have a sitting u.s. senator embrace gay marriage. you've had a host republicans come out, so to speak, for it. over the years and i think you will see that grow. but chairman priebus put it into the autopsy report for the party. if the party will have a vibrant future, they're going to have to start to embrace lgbt issues. >>...
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joining me now are the democratic strategist joe trippi and former bush senior advisor karl rove. welcome to you both. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: the process is in motion for the first time in several years. when people vote on these, there are political calculations. we saw that in the senate and the house. >> definitely. one thing that is true we have a process this time. the senate was 50-49. a close vote. look at what the house did with that vote. they voted 261 against it. 35 of them democrats. many are up for re-election in 2014. that was part of calculation. there was 221 je votes and 207 no. but look at what the senate did against that one. not even close. only 4 senators voted for it. 59 voted against it. five were g.o.p. senators. some of the no votes in there. four were senators coming up for re-election in 2014. they are looking for tax increase revenue. house side they want to repeal obamacare. how they bring it together and what is in the two different bills, how they reconcile them, we have a process. that is the good news. the bad news is we are having the
joining me now are the democratic strategist joe trippi and former bush senior advisor karl rove. welcome to you both. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: the process is in motion for the first time in several years. when people vote on these, there are political calculations. we saw that in the senate and the house. >> definitely. one thing that is true we have a process this time. the senate was 50-49. a close vote. look at what the house did with that vote. they voted 261...
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said he was going to close down guantanamo but what happened is actually nothing has changed since bush went of just obama came in and all the false and lying you know untrue promises that he made haven't changed anything the condition it's not got worse inside going tandem of the possibilities why things have changed i don't know if we could be some publicist the intent towards the inside the u.s. government it could be a change of venue directorship for new. guard force which doesn't understand how to deal with people inside going down i'm going to take some time until they understand they have to. understand what the reason for this mistreatment is essentially especially that more than half of the people in montana cleared for release they even themselves under their criteria is the americans right if they think these people are not criminals have not committed anything they are cleared for release you say that the conditions have certainly not improved since since you were there do you think in fact they deteriorate to take it from what you're hearing and reading. you know until i h
said he was going to close down guantanamo but what happened is actually nothing has changed since bush went of just obama came in and all the false and lying you know untrue promises that he made haven't changed anything the condition it's not got worse inside going tandem of the possibilities why things have changed i don't know if we could be some publicist the intent towards the inside the u.s. government it could be a change of venue directorship for new. guard force which doesn't...
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i don't beat around the bush. i'm absolutely a racist. people like to say we're in a quote/unquote post-racial society and that race doesn't matter and that race is insignificant. if race didn't matter, there wouldn't be different races. all people ain't the same, you know? >> ritchie is four months away from completing a two-year sentence for intimidation of a peace officer. he is also member of a prison gang called the saxon knights. >> they both share similar ideologies in their creeds and oaths and in their bylaws. >> that's another one right there that i'm most proud of. my saxon knight crest with the bolts. >> he actually was the saxon knight president for this facility at one time. these organizations start taking possession of certain parts of the facility, such as where they were working out, the saxon knights will say they own that part of the facility and no other offenders are allowed to go on that turf without paying some sort of consequence. >> richey and two other members dished out consequences when they attacked a black i
i don't beat around the bush. i'm absolutely a racist. people like to say we're in a quote/unquote post-racial society and that race doesn't matter and that race is insignificant. if race didn't matter, there wouldn't be different races. all people ain't the same, you know? >> ritchie is four months away from completing a two-year sentence for intimidation of a peace officer. he is also member of a prison gang called the saxon knights. >> they both share similar ideologies in their...
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bush, comes as president, cold in nature, was distancing himself to israel. the message the israelis got across the spectrum was he doesn't like us. he doesn't talk to us. and he doesn't care about us. >> rose: that's the perception in israel. >> that is correct. and of course it was reinforced by the fact that almost simultaneously to his election israel chose the right wing prime minister who replaced olmert who was wing to go a long distin to make a palestinian deal. >> rose: and before that barak. >> an before that ariel sharon who took a bold step in gaa -- gaza. so the israeli, the israeli political system responded to threats to the threat of iran, to the threat of hezbollah, israel, between 2006 and 2009, went to the right. both the public opinion and the government. so the drama of the collision between the president seeking to draw close to arab and muslims and israeli government veering to the right, intensified the tension that manifested itself at the time. and add to this the fact that between the president and the prime minister at that time, t
bush, comes as president, cold in nature, was distancing himself to israel. the message the israelis got across the spectrum was he doesn't like us. he doesn't talk to us. and he doesn't care about us. >> rose: that's the perception in israel. >> that is correct. and of course it was reinforced by the fact that almost simultaneously to his election israel chose the right wing prime minister who replaced olmert who was wing to go a long distin to make a palestinian deal. >>...
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bush clings to dubious allegations about iraq. page a-13. 13 pages into the newspaper. and in the sunday edition, three days before we went to war, "the washington post" put this on the front page, audacious mission, awesome risks, complex logistics, all of that "audacious mission, awesome risk: bold war plan emphasizes lightning attacks and complete logistics." but buried inside that edition of the paper were more skeptical articles headlined, "u.s. risks isolation, breakdown of old alliances in case of war." "u.s. lacks specifics on banned arms." "u.s. misstepped led to failed diplomacy." this is an amazing story and a tragic un. david corn was a skeptic of the war before, during, and after. joan walsh was news editor at salon in the lead up to the war and also a war skeptic. both are msnbc's analysts. joan, you've been in editing, and this is the same thing that you've got bill keller saying and the same thing that the media critic or media writer for "the washington post," admitting now, and it's way too late, that the placement of the story is for more pizazz or em
bush clings to dubious allegations about iraq. page a-13. 13 pages into the newspaper. and in the sunday edition, three days before we went to war, "the washington post" put this on the front page, audacious mission, awesome risks, complex logistics, all of that "audacious mission, awesome risk: bold war plan emphasizes lightning attacks and complete logistics." but buried inside that edition of the paper were more skeptical articles headlined, "u.s. risks isolation,...
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the post's media are the oar counted more than 140 stories the paper ran before the war that gave the bush administration's party line on the front page while burying any objections inside around page 18. now, that may sound like a fail u. to you it does to me. after the post commissioned a piece by writer greg mitchell about media failures, it clearly had second thoughts about putting that in print. for more, i'm delighted to be joined by greg mitchell. greg, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you john. >> you sound terrific. now, you would seem to be the perfect person to write an outlook story on the media's failures on the run up to the iraq war. it's worth pointing out the media is equally to blame as the politicians. why did they tell you they killed your piece? >> they said it didn't have enough new insights and analysis. of course, i disagreed and i did post the rejected story on line over the weekend so people can judge themselves. i don't know if that was the real reason. certainly a lot of people have joined in on line to claim that it was because the post was performing
the post's media are the oar counted more than 140 stories the paper ran before the war that gave the bush administration's party line on the front page while burying any objections inside around page 18. now, that may sound like a fail u. to you it does to me. after the post commissioned a piece by writer greg mitchell about media failures, it clearly had second thoughts about putting that in print. for more, i'm delighted to be joined by greg mitchell. greg, thank you so much for joining us....
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that these people have been cleared for release by not only the obama administration but also by the bush administration and they're going to be into definitely healthier who was along they don't know when they're going to see their families again or where they're going to go i think the fact that they don't know what's going to happen it you know is it makes them and this is their only one form of protest they have this to go on richard and the fact is that when whoever open the campaign started open guantanamo knew them would be a hero and that was wrong but it was it was illegal meaning it was a violation of human rights and the fact is it has to be closed the fact is will never bring them into a federal court system because a lot of information they have gotten as mindy to have been have gotten out of the use of torture so they can it's on the missile a federal court system well we dropped the ball we have a system here and we have the opportunity to show the world that arse still and our way of life actually works when we dropped the ball in newnan and we've created more terrorists a
that these people have been cleared for release by not only the obama administration but also by the bush administration and they're going to be into definitely healthier who was along they don't know when they're going to see their families again or where they're going to go i think the fact that they don't know what's going to happen it you know is it makes them and this is their only one form of protest they have this to go on richard and the fact is that when whoever open the campaign...
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bush to proclaim "mission accomplished," but the post proved premature. violence and terror followed as a rat descended into fighting. the tolls are down from the height of the conflict, but since u.s. troops left in 2011, the turmoil has been worsening again. iraq's minority sunnis feel increasingly marginalized by the shiite-led government. the government postponed regional elections in two provinces on tuesday, pointing to security concerns. >> let's take a quick look at some other stories making news at this hour. power has now been restored to two fuel storage pools at japan's tsunami damaged nuclear plant, but two others have been without fresh cooling water for more than a day, raising new concerns about safety. >> zimbabwe's electoral commission says referendum on a new constitution has passed by a landslide with a yes vote of about 95%. the new charter would limit the powers of president robert mugabe and pave the way for new elections. >> at least 37 people have been killed in about -- and about a dozen injured in a bus crash in western india. t
bush to proclaim "mission accomplished," but the post proved premature. violence and terror followed as a rat descended into fighting. the tolls are down from the height of the conflict, but since u.s. troops left in 2011, the turmoil has been worsening again. iraq's minority sunnis feel increasingly marginalized by the shiite-led government. the government postponed regional elections in two provinces on tuesday, pointing to security concerns. >> let's take a quick look at some...
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laura bush. all of these huge national figures have recognized the need for marriage equality. this train is moving and anybody who stands in the way of marriage equality risks being seen as completely out of touch for generations to come. if the republican party doesn't come along the way that rob portman has they risk offending the lbgt community. >> michael: karl frisch thank you so much for being here and sharing your thoughts on these at no time important issues. up next, senator on both sides want the whole gun debate to go away, unfortunately this is what they were sworn to do, so somehow they have to wap away the tears, suck it up and get through it. that story is next only right here on "the war room." >>current will let me say anything. save them. woolite everyday cleans your jeans and won't torture your tanks. woolite washed clothes look like new, longer. ♪ >> michael: gun safety legislation is putting some senators in bind while others are fighting back. today the terrible trio of republican senator sent a letter to harry reid saying that they plan to filibuster t
laura bush. all of these huge national figures have recognized the need for marriage equality. this train is moving and anybody who stands in the way of marriage equality risks being seen as completely out of touch for generations to come. if the republican party doesn't come along the way that rob portman has they risk offending the lbgt community. >> michael: karl frisch thank you so much for being here and sharing your thoughts on these at no time important issues. up next, senator on...
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. >> especially since we have reggie bush now. we're going to be in good shape. >> yes, that's what we always say. it is always going to be better. but i think seriously though, that the reason that in the past, with columbine, aurora, virginia tech, people forget about it after a few weeks and we move on to whatever else. people are not moving on. they are not moving on after newtown. and i think the reason is, and i can tell by the mail i get, there are too many parent who everyday drive their kids to school, and they open the door and this is what -- i mean, i've got this, more than a dozen times from mothers writing me and saying, i now when they open the door and i see them walk down the sidewalk into the school, i am sick that i have to feel like, is that last time i'm going to see my child. >> yeah. >> and because of that, because sense school went back into session after newtown, since january, millions of moms and dads have been dropping their kids off at school everyday and in the backs of their mind, they know where the
. >> especially since we have reggie bush now. we're going to be in good shape. >> yes, that's what we always say. it is always going to be better. but i think seriously though, that the reason that in the past, with columbine, aurora, virginia tech, people forget about it after a few weeks and we move on to whatever else. people are not moving on. they are not moving on after newtown. and i think the reason is, and i can tell by the mail i get, there are too many parent who...
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in 1992, at the end of the george herbert walker bush presidency, the gop's favorability at 48%. fast forward to this year, 2013, 33% of americans have a favorable view of the party. one in three. 58% judges them unfavorably. that's the lowest favorability for republicans in 20 years. the same pew study finds, the same percentage that views them unfavorably. in a "washington post" article, he said he recently found out that only the percentage of people self-identifying as republicans hit historic levels but within that smaller base, the traditional divides between pro-business, economic conservatives, and social conservatives fnarrowed. they stand on the tea party with taxes and spending, and abortion rights and same-sex marriage. howard fineman is the editorial director for "the huffington post." its media group. joy reid, grio.com. both msnbc political analysts. this is something i never knew and now i know. you and i, and you i think got used to this, too, that there are, joy, that there are two kinds of republicans. there's the two-fisted business guy, usually a man, who wan
in 1992, at the end of the george herbert walker bush presidency, the gop's favorability at 48%. fast forward to this year, 2013, 33% of americans have a favorable view of the party. one in three. 58% judges them unfavorably. that's the lowest favorability for republicans in 20 years. the same pew study finds, the same percentage that views them unfavorably. in a "washington post" article, he said he recently found out that only the percentage of people self-identifying as republicans...
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you also could have jeb bush and chris christie, and you could have a real--maybe the debate about the party's future will legitimately take place in the debates. when they ask if they'll take 10-1 cuts, someone will dare to raise their hands. maybe it's the debate they'll need and they'll wait until 2016 to do it. >> michael: as they seem to be the party of the past, their talk about the future is ironic. david shuster and eleanor clift it's always great to talk politics with you. coming up, is colorado turning blue. >> i'm feeling amazing. it's the best day i've seen in my life. >> we're not going to see another 10,000 coloradoans arrested and made criminals this coming year. [ ♪ music ♪ ] they think this world isn't big enough for the both of them. but we assure you - it is. bites. little greatness. >> amendment 64 is passing. we're herring no on 64. numbers are saying amendment 64 it a go. history in the making here, folks. colorado the first state to pass this, an amendment to the state constitution making marijuana legal here. >> michael: that of course november 6, 2012, elec
you also could have jeb bush and chris christie, and you could have a real--maybe the debate about the party's future will legitimately take place in the debates. when they ask if they'll take 10-1 cuts, someone will dare to raise their hands. maybe it's the debate they'll need and they'll wait until 2016 to do it. >> michael: as they seem to be the party of the past, their talk about the future is ironic. david shuster and eleanor clift it's always great to talk politics with you. coming...
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bush, who supports same sex marriage. and, here in washington, gary bauer, president of the group, american values, who opposes it. welcome to both of you. >> thank you, good to be with you, chris. >> thanks, chris. >> chris: nicole, you and more than 100 other promise intents republicans have filed a brief in the supreme court case, in which you argue the court should overturn proposition 8, a constitutional amendment, approved by california voters, which said that marriage -- only marriage between a man and a woman is valid. you want to overturn that. explain to us why your position is consistent with conservative values. >> well, first of all, the people who will stand before the united states supreme court, are ted olson, who was president bush's solicitor germaneral, onf the most respected legal minds on the right and david boies who represented al gore on t-- represented the president and al gore in the recount. and there is not a place in the constitution that allows for a different associate rules for a different
bush, who supports same sex marriage. and, here in washington, gary bauer, president of the group, american values, who opposes it. welcome to both of you. >> thank you, good to be with you, chris. >> thanks, chris. >> chris: nicole, you and more than 100 other promise intents republicans have filed a brief in the supreme court case, in which you argue the court should overturn proposition 8, a constitutional amendment, approved by california voters, which said that marriage...
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bush, the strikes were subjected to little congressional review. during my time, the committees didn't do any oversight on drope strikes to speak of. said a former senior cia official. since 2009 it has affapparently gotten better. overall, it has gotten better. and the members of congress who chair the intelligence committees in the senate and the house say frankly they are overseeing the cia just fine, thank you very much. the broader issue is this -- what the cia is doing now, a big part of what they are doing really isn't spying at all. it's just war. i mean, when it is six straight years now of aerial bombardment with a death toll in the thousands, this is not sending johnny to havana to go get castro any more. this is war. but because it is the cia that's doing it instead of the military it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is int
bush, the strikes were subjected to little congressional review. during my time, the committees didn't do any oversight on drope strikes to speak of. said a former senior cia official. since 2009 it has affapparently gotten better. overall, it has gotten better. and the members of congress who chair the intelligence committees in the senate and the house say frankly they are overseeing the cia just fine, thank you very much. the broader issue is this -- what the cia is doing now, a big part of...
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president bush won ohio by two points. as a result, he won that election in 2000. but now, he won it after the supreme court helped him. now it's the democrats' turn to use wedges, actually, 2004. wedges issues against republicans. politico reports today "the culture wars are back but this time with a significant twist. the left is picking the fights and for the most part enjoying being on the right side of public opinion." five years after barack obama warned that anxious voters are just clinging to their guns and religion, wedge issues are cuts differently. more to the liking of democrats." wow. i've got our "hardball" strategyist here tonight to argue this. former rnc chair, michael steele, an msnbc political analyst. steve elendorf, a strategist who worked for dick gephardt, john kerry and hillary clinton. none of them actually won in the end. i'm just kidding. you're a very well respected consultant here and leader. let me ask you this. how do you think these issues, democrats are going to use these issues? can they bash a republican being against same-sex? >>
president bush won ohio by two points. as a result, he won that election in 2000. but now, he won it after the supreme court helped him. now it's the democrats' turn to use wedges, actually, 2004. wedges issues against republicans. politico reports today "the culture wars are back but this time with a significant twist. the left is picking the fights and for the most part enjoying being on the right side of public opinion." five years after barack obama warned that anxious voters are...
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give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war at the time. and i didn't oppose it for partisan reasons. i opposed it because i didn't think that we faced any serious threat from saddam hussein. >> bill: okay. let me stop you there. >> okay. >> bill: your analysis back then 10 years ago was that you, kirsten powers, came to the independent conclusion, devoid of your liberal beliefs or democratic party politics, that this simply wasn't a campaign worth waging. but, let me play you a sound bite from hillary clinton and get your reaction to that go. >> in the four years since the inspecto
give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war...
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he guided president bush in his second term victory, but in reality karl rove and george bush were architects a policy disasters that led to president bush been mired in 30% approval ratings for much of his second term. those ratings hurt republican and conservative brands and brought us president barack obama, and "obamacare." it is kind of the opposite of a permanent republican majority, you might say. of course, there is a way for us to come together and unite for a common purpose. conservatives will not be bullied into throwing -- in the 2010, president obama and his policies showed us that he was a unifying force for conservatives. we must make obama that again in 2014. friends, president obama in his second inaugural address all but declared war on the conservative movement. it took him four years, but finally the real barack obama, the one we all knew, exposed himself as an unabashedly liberal ideologue all to see. obamaderate myth that portrayed, aided openly by his friends in the mainstream media, that he was a transformational leader who would transcend politics is a complete and ut
he guided president bush in his second term victory, but in reality karl rove and george bush were architects a policy disasters that led to president bush been mired in 30% approval ratings for much of his second term. those ratings hurt republican and conservative brands and brought us president barack obama, and "obamacare." it is kind of the opposite of a permanent republican majority, you might say. of course, there is a way for us to come together and unite for a common purpose....
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. >> if this is bush, they would have gotten a guy who looked like him and named him george wsatan. who cares? he is the president. they will take shots at the president in shows like that. >> my theory is the president looks like a lot of people because he is kind of a handsome character actor. he reminds me of the guy who quits smoking. he looks like he is a thin good looking black guy who is used a lot and that's what happens. you are looking at me -- >> it was the chantix thing and i don't see color. >> he is half black, by the way. >> is that true? >> yes. he had a white mother. >> oh. >> the white half was in the cialis commercial. >> why do they always have the blonde guy from "the karate kid" as jesus. that was a complaint in the story. it was in "the huffington post." they said, they have a big black man character with a taste for white women. if you think he looks like obama, there is still another really stupid story embedded in here to get angry about. >> excellent. let's move on to the next one from the devil to the deposits. will they yank from the bank? cypress, an ac
. >> if this is bush, they would have gotten a guy who looked like him and named him george wsatan. who cares? he is the president. they will take shots at the president in shows like that. >> my theory is the president looks like a lot of people because he is kind of a handsome character actor. he reminds me of the guy who quits smoking. he looks like he is a thin good looking black guy who is used a lot and that's what happens. you are looking at me -- >> it was the chantix...